{"id":61728,"date":"2021-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61728\/this-initiative-is-ending-period-poverty-in-lebanon-with-free-sanitary-products"},"modified":"2023-11-23T11:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T11:05:27","slug":"this-initiative-is-ending-period-poverty-in-lebanon-with-free-sanitary-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61728\/this-initiative-is-ending-period-poverty-in-lebanon-with-free-sanitary-products\/","title":{"rendered":"This Initiative Is Ending ‘Period Poverty’ In Lebanon With Free Sanitary Products"},"content":{"rendered":"Some may think of periods as nothing more than a monthly nuisance, but for many women, periods are “that time of the month” during which they cannot afford to buy necessary menstrual supplies. As such, many deprived areas have witnessed recurrent incidents of women being forced to use toilet paper, newspapers, and rags as ways to manage their periods.